Poaceae
Amazon sprangletop
Leptochloa panicoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leptochloa
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Leptochloa panicoidesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Amazon sprangletop
Synonyms
- Dinebra panicoides (J.Presl) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
- Diplachne halei Nash
- Diplachne panicoides (J.Presl) McNeill
- Eragrostis panicoides (J.Presl) Steud.
- Leptochloa floribunda Döll
- Leptochloa halei (Nash) Scribn. & Merr.
- Megastachya panicoides J.Presl
- Poa panicoides (J.Presl) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.